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Barbara Freiberg's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

Office

Box 94062 900 North 3rd Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70804

5800 One Perkins Place
Suite 7A
Baton Rouge, LA 70808

Full Name:

Barbara Reich Freiberg

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: Mickey; 2 Children

Birth Place:

Baton Rouge, LA

Master's, English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1970-1972

BA, Secondary Education and Teaching, Louisiana Tech University, 1966-1970

Representative, Louisiana State House of Representatives, District 70, 2020-present

President, East Baton Rouge School Board, 2011-present

Representative, Metro Council, District 12

Member, National Council of Teachers of English/International Reading Association, Standards Writing Committee

Candidate, Louisiana State House of Representatives, District 70, 2023

Council Member, City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, District 12, 2017-2020

Council Member, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, District 12, 2017-2020

Former Coordinator, Advance Innovative Education

Member, Louisiana State University Ogden Honors College Advisory Council

Program Manager, Baton Rouge Transition to Teaching, Louisiana State University Gordon A. Cain Center, 2010-2014

K-12 Education Administrator, Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), 1999-2009

English Teacher, Louisiana State University Laboratory School, 1981-1999

English/Art Teacher, East Baton Rouge Parish School System, 1972-1981

Member, Advisory Board, BREC Golf and Tennis Advisory Committee, 2012-present

Ex-Officio Board Member, Foundation for East Baton Rouge Parish Schools, 2012-present

Member, Advisory Board, iCare, 2011-present

President, East Baton Rouge School Board, 2011-present

Member, Program Advisory Board, Academic Distinction Foundation, 2011-present

Member, Rotary Club of Baton Rouge, 2011-present

Member, University Methodist Church, present

Member, Baton Rouge Children’s Coalition, After School Advisory Committee

Member, Body Camera Study Group

Member, Capitol Region Planning Commission

Member, Council Community Policing/Community Ambassador Program

Member, Council Plan of Government Committee

Member, East Baton Rouge Council Blight Committee

Former State President, Louisiana Council of Teachers of English

Member, Mayor’s Blight Committee

Co-Chair, Mayor’s Education Committee

Member, National League of Cities Council on Youth, Education, and Families

Member, Project Transformation Committee

Member, Smart Growth Committee

Member, Team Baton Rouge Board

Delegate, Urban Congress

Former President, Women In Management

Substitute Mentor, Kids’ Hope, 2009-Present

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